Please, enlighten me. You're the one having the spaz attack, telling me to f*ck off and the such. There's no rule anywhere that says mods have to cater to everyone's precious feelings.
Spaz attack? lol. no not really. It's not a spaz attack until I start photoshopping your face into compromising images. This is just how I talk. You should know this by now.
As for enlightenment, it's assumed if you're moderating a forum, you at least have some semblance of respect for the people involved and aren't going to be like hurrrrrr you like games too much, get a life hurhrrrrr.
Only Keranu gives less of a shit about moderating these particular forums than I do.
Well that's good to know. So is Nat the only one who gives a shit? Why are you a moderator if you don't care? Don't want to get rid of your magical powers?
Anyway, while you may not like the state of gaming these days, that does not mean the people who do are stupid. There is nothing wrong with achievements, trophies, etc.
When trophies are used to artificially extend the playtime of a game, there is something wrong. Did you know there were so many people complaining about a lack of trophies on the PS3 that Sony had to put the crap in? People were buying Xbox 360 over PS3 when they owned both systems, just for achievements.
The thing that sucks are the idiots who are achievement/trophy whores and borrow/rent games just for the sake of getting some trophies or whatnot in a vein effort for e-respect.
They're all idiots. 9/10 gamers these days are this ^^^
Believe it or not, idiots like this also existed in the 8/16-bit era. They're the ones who sent in their high scores to anyone who would accept them. There were no shortages of idiots then and plenty of idiots still like that generation of systems now.
The difference being, there was no dumbassed online-system-specific rating system used to categorize how people play a game. You had to earn your rep the real way, not by dicking off in games doing piddly things a 10 year old can do. Also, the high score fanatics of the 8/16 bit era actually had talent. Achievement whores don't really have talent/skill.
but expressing your opinion in such a whiny way really makes you sound a bit "get off my lawn"-ish, if you now what I mean.
It only sounds whiny if you've never heard me go off about this crap in person. It's more angry than whiney. But, I am sure you'll continue to believe it's whiney since that makes you feel better.
But there's nothing wrong with wanting to achieve a trophy or a high score. We have a high-score thread or two here, don't we? High scores and achievements say the exact same thing; "Look how good I am at this game". Big deal. Life goes on.
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You haven't made the connection yet, even though I explained it:
GAMER SCORE is
not a high score in a game. It's the collective point total of all your lame ass achievments. Most people with high gamer scores can't even touch the high scores on this forum. Games don't even have scores now really. They just have stupid little objectives that shouldn't exist in a game because they're dumb. Games today require little skill to beat.
Do you even play the 360 and know what I am talking about?
Ever play Bioshock? You know what the penalty for dying is? You respawn, along with all of the weapons/ammo in the level. The boss health doesn't reset. So, why bother trying? Just keep dying/respawning/beating at the boss. Who cares? You get infinite retries.
no effort. People turned into pansies and wan't lazy/easy success, followed by huge rewards in the forum of e-penis points
